| Communities | Economy | History / Markers | Local Government |
| Location / Geography | Media | Parks and Recreation | Schools and Libraries |
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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Billaud, Gloria Switch, Judice, Landry, Milton, Mouton, New Flanders, Ossun, Pilette, Ridge, Sadou, Vatican and Walroy. |
Bayou Tortue Vermilion River |
Beaubassin The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist General Alfred Mouton Lafayette Museum Pierre Dugat Home Site |
History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Lafayette Parish is part of Attakapas County |
| 1824 |
Jean Mouton donates the land for a court house and establishes the town of Vermilionville (Lafayette). |
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Education |
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Librarian -Gail Smith 301 W. Congress St. P.O. Box 3427 Lafayette , LA 70502-3427 Email - 7 Branches - Brousard, Butler Memorial, Carencro, Duson, Milton, Scott, Youngsville Director - Joyce Lilly 301 W. Congress St. Lafayette, LA 70501 Email - bayoulandl@aol.com Members - Abbeville (Vermilion), Cameron (Cameron), Crowley (Acadia), Eunice(LSU), Franklin (St. Mary), Jennings (Jeff Davis), Lafayette (USwL & Lafayette Parish), New Iberia (Iberia), Oberlin (Allen), Opelouss (Opelousas-Enice Pub) St. Martinville (St. Martin)Thibodaux (Lafourche & Nicholls State Univ.), Ville Platte (Evangeline) Librarian -Heather C. Kelly 637 Girard Park Dr. Lafayette , LA 70503 Email - Wetlands Research Center Librarian -Judy Buys 700 Cajundome Blvd. Lafayette , 70506-3152 Email - judy_buys@usgs.gov nwrc.nbs.gov/library-catalog.html Edith Garland Dupre Library Director - Charles W. Triche III 302 E. St. Mary Blvd. USL P. O. Box 40199 Lafayette , 70506-3152 Email - cwt7840@usl.edu usl.edu/d/library us/.edu/d/library American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker |
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